Resources in Art History for Graduate Students

SYMPOSIA OF INTEREST TO GRADUATE STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA

N.B.: This page includes symposia and conferences for graduate students and those not solely for graduate students that seem to be either of special interest or are especially welcoming to you. Also note that while a regrettable number of sites below have not updated their information many of the events listed below are offered annually. Contact them if you have any questions.

Rationale: the gold star is used to mark new postings accepting proposals until the date in bold type. After that date has passed, the gold star is removed and the conference becomes "to attend." After the the conference is over, I usually leave up a brief notice if it is an annual event. Please note that these conferences are sorted by location of the conference.

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ASSOCIATION OF ART HISTORIANS CONFERENCE [UK]

15-17 April 2010. University of Glasgow. Go to the link to find the list of Calls for Papers. Always includes a Student Session. Deadline for submission of paper abstracts was 9 November 2009. Check the Web site for details.

ART HISTORIES, CULTURAL STUDIES AND THE COLD WAR

24 September 2010. Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London. "This conference organized by the department of History & Philosophy of Art at the University of Kent, aims to explore how the Cold War delineated approaches to Art History, Historiography and Cultural Studies and how its conditions and constraints shaped the professional careers and influenced the writings and ideas of scholars and cultural theorists. We welcome a wide range of perspectives that might include, for example, the use of particular methodologies, the choice of specific subjects for analysis that were explicitly politically motivated or contextualised readings of particular art historical monographs or reviews of wider art historical topics, such as 'the Renaissance' or 'the history of Modern Art', as sites of displaced ideological conflict...Abstracts were due 24 February 2010 to (G.F.Pooke@kent.ac.uk) or (B.D.H.Thomas@kent.ac.uk) (for the Art Histories Conference); to (katia.pizzi@sas.ac.uk) or (ricarda.vidal@sas.ac.uk) (for the Cold War Cities study day)." Please contact for fuller information.

ASSOCIATION OF THE HISTORY OF GLASS CONFERENCE

Not exactly annual, but apparently at least every now and then. Plus, a unique society. Check the Web site for more information about several conferences upcoming for 2010.

AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ANZASA)

1-4 July 2010. "ANZASA brings together scholars from Australia and New Zealand with colleagues who specialise in American Studies from around the world for a major conference held every two years.." Abstracts were due 17 December 2009. Check the Web site.

CENTER FOR ICELANDIC ART

Just had to post this--lots of stuff going on, including the link to "Iceland's first and only online art magazine".

CENTRE FOR STUDIES OF SURREALISM PhD CONFERENCE

Held 4 December 2009. Annual Postgraduate Symposium, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich., UK. "Theme: Subversive Spaces: Surrealism and Contemporary Art. Please see the Web site for more information.

COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES : CONFERENCES

Links to conferences in all areas of European studies.

ELECTRONIC VISUALISATION AND THE ARTS

5-7 July 2010. Annual? London, UK. "We invite proposals of papers, demonstrations or short performances, workshops or panel discussions. A brief summary only is required for the selection process. Proposals were due 15 January 2010.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ARTS IN SOCIETY

22-25 July 2010. University of Sydney, Australia. "The purpose of the annual Arts Conference is to create an intellectual platform for the arts and arts practices, and to create an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. It is intended as a place for critical engagement, examination and experimentation of ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world - on stage, in studios and theaters, in classrooms, in museums and galleries, on the streets and in communities." 12 November 2009 deadline.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES

Held 9-12 APRIL 2009. Annual? ATHENS, GREECE. Organized by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER). "The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, researchers and students from all areas of Mediterranean Studies, such as history, arts, archaeology, philosophy, culture, sociology, politics, international relations, economics, business, sports etc. Special sessions will be devoted to Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean Countries. Panel organizers are encouraged to submit their proposals by inviting other scholars that do research in the area.

INTERNATIONAL GOTHIC ASSOCIATION

Held 21-24 July 2009. Lancaster University, England. Biennial. "promotes the study and dissemination of information on gothic culture from the mid eighteenth century to the contemporary moment...The topic of the conference is 'Monstrous Media/Spectral Subjects.' Abstracts to Dr Catherine Spooner and Prof. Fred Botting at monstrousmedia@lancaster.ac.uk were due 5 January 2009. See the Web site for more information.

INTERNATIONAL VISUAL SOCIOLOGY ASSOCIATION

Held 22-24 July 2009. Annual. University of Cumbria, UK. Theme: "Appreciating the views: how we're looking at the social and visual landscape.". For additional information, please see the Web site. Proposals were due April 15, 2009.

MODERN INTERIORS RESEARCH CENTRE (MIRC)

Conference last held 14-15 May 2009. Hosted by the Modern Interiors Research Centre (MIRC), Kingston University, London. See the Web site for more information.

NEW APPROACHES TO BRITISH ART

4 -5 June 2010. The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN. "British art has benefited from an extraordinary growth in scholarly studies over the last decade but the rich history of the years between 1939 and 1969 remains relatively underexplored. Despite the buoyancy of the market, the large audiences for modern art internationally, and the significance of monographic exhibitions devoted to a few select names (Nicholson, Caro, Bacon, Freud), there is still a dearth of younger scholars working in this period and little thematic and analytic study in comparison to scholarship on the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. This conference is intended both to stimulate further study of the art of these years and to provide a forum in which new work and fresh approaches can be discussed and developed. We encourage proposals on sculpture; on art and photography; on trans-nationalism and immigration; on austerity and Americanisation; on the institutional field including art education, cultural policy, exhibitions, criticism and the market; and especially on topics that lie outside or cut across categories already established in histories of the period. Proposals, of 300 words in the first instance, to both organisers, were due 7 August 2009: Prof. David Peters Corbett, dmpc1@york.ac.uk; and Prof. Lisa Tickner, lisa.tickner@courtauld.ac.uk.

NETWORKS & SOCIABILITY IN EASTERN EUROPEAN ART

23 October 2010. London, Courtauld Institute of Art. "Proposals for papers and presentations are invited from art historians, curators and artists that examine the art and visual culture of Eastern Europe in both historical and contemporary contexts...To propose a paper...please send a 200 word proposal and biographical note to info@socialeast.org (mailto:info@socialeast.org) The deadline for submitting a proposal is Monday 15 March 2010.

PLASTER AND PLASTER CASTS: MATERIALITY AND PRACTICE

12-13 March 2010. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. "The conference seeks to address plaster and plaster casts in terms of material, process and the status of the model. Why and when do artists and/or architects choose to employ plaster or plaster casts? How have these been read and referred to? What associations does the material evoke? How do plaster and plaster casts fit into the wider field of reproductive materials, such as wax, drawings, prints or photography? What is their place in the context of architecture and t he study of architectural history? Papers are invited that address these and other related issues. While it is anticipated that a majority of papers will address European and American themes from the eighteenth century to the present, the organisers do not want to impose any restrictions on periods and/or geographical areas under discussion. Proposals (300 words maximum) were due to Eckart.Marchand@sas.ac.uk (mailto:Eckart.Marchand@sas.ac.uk) no later than 29 March 2009. For enquiries and further information please contact one of the organisers: Eckart Marchand (The Warburg Institute, London; Eckart.marchand@sas.ac.uk) Marjorie Trusted (Victoria & Albert Museum, London; m.trusted@vam.ac.uk (mailto:m.trusted@vam.ac.uk) ) or, for architecture, Charles Hind (Victoria and Albert Museum, London / Royal Institute of British Architects; c.hind@vam.ac.uk)

ROMANCE STUDIES COLLOQUIUM

13-15 September 2010. Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, Wales. "The colloquium will address issues related to the theme of wilderness as it has been treated across the Romance languages. Papers may include studies of ethical, sociological, anthropological, linguistic, political, literary, or theoretical aspects. Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches (painting, architecture, film, performance, photography, theory, cultural studies, and media) are actively encouraged. Papers may focus on any time and place in Romance studies. Proposals for individual twenty-minute papers (300 words in English) or for panels (panel rationale of 100 words, participants, titles, and brief abstracts of 100 words) should be sent in electronic form to Dr Lloyd Hughes Davies (L.H.Davies@swansea.ac.uk) before March 31 2010. A selection of peer-reviewed essays (c. 6,000 words) based on papers given at the colloquium will be published in the journal Romance Studies

THE SEMIOTICS OF SHIPWRECK: A Symposium on the Representation and Resonance of Maritime Disaster

19th-20th November, 2010. To be held at the National Maritime Museum, London. "Ever since human beings first began seafaring, they have been fascinated, and haunted, by shipwrecks. For maritime societies especially, these tragedies at sea have been a constant source of anxiety, since they are disasters that potentially devastate not only individuals but also the community or nation as a whole. It is perhaps not surprising, then, that shipwreck is also one of the oldest motifs in art and literature...For more information, or to offer a paper, please contact Dr Carl Thompson at the Centre for Travel Writing Studies, Nottingham Trent University (e-mail: carl.thompson@ntu.ac.uk). The closing date for paper proposals was August 15th 2009.

SOUTH AFRICAN VISUAL ARTS HISTORIANS (SAVAH) CONFERENCE

12-15 January 2011. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. "The theme of the conference is: Art History in (South) Africa and the Global South...." Deadline: NOT LISTED. Ask them Please contact them for more information on themes and formats.

THE STIMULATED BODY AND THE ART: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND NERVOUSNESS IN THE HISTORY OF AESTHETICS

17-18 February 2011. Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease, Durham University, UK. "This conference will discuss the history of the relationship between aesthetics and medical understandings of the body. Today's vogue for neurological accounts of artistic emotions has a long pedigree. Since G.S. Rousseau's pioneering work underlined the importance of models of the nervous system in eighteenth-century aesthetics, the examination of physiological explanations in aesthetics has become a highly productive field of interdisciplinary research. Drawing on this background, the conference aims to illuminate the influence that different medical models of physiology and the nervous system have had on theories of aesthetic experience...This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars working in a wide range of fields, including not only the history of medicine but also in subjects such as art history, languages and musicology. Abstracts for 20-minute papers (maximum 250 words) should be submitted electronically to the organisers by 31 July 2010 at the following address: (James.kennaway@durham.ac.uk)

Black Moon Japanese art and culture.